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Whether it's his thought-provoking lyrics or his electrifying guitar solos, there's no denying the impact that Ron Gallo has on his audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"really-nice-guys","title":"Really Nice Guys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2018 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 21st April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 28th April.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReally Nice Guys\u003c\/i\u003e is a concept mini album by Thyme Magazine’s ‘Man Of The Year’, Ron Gallo. The release is another thought provoking and inspired instalment, extending an already prolific calendar year by Gallo which saw the release of the critically acclaimed full length album \u003ci\u003eHeavy Meta\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the 7” singles, \u003ci\u003eTemporary Slave\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSorry Not Everybody Is You\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eReally Nice Guys\u003c\/i\u003e finds Gallo exploring new sonic frontiers and instrumentation in the form of what might be called a conceptual art piece. Whatever you call it is wholly original and Gallo continues to melt faces and free minds. 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The intention to steer away from apathy and self-empower by focusing on what we can control and make light of in a world designed to take it away. The guitar is less an instrument and more of a primal noise machine. This record is a challenge to everything and everyone, including his own self, who is holding back the progress of humanity (especially in America) into a more open, empathetic and collective unit - the words delivered with a punkish tenacity and lining even the heaviest topics with an ever-present sense of humor. It covers the full spectrum of emotion. This music feels like life feels right now. In his eyes, how could it not? Clad in caution tape and construction orange colour scheme, much like his surrounding neighborhood in Philadelphia where it was written and recorded. Gallo doesn’t see now (or ever) as the time to sit back and chill - this is going to be what we make it. Over the course of the record traversing between sounds akin to an exploding NYC subway station, oddball dance-punk, noise pop, even the more grave moments would sit well in whatever a modern version of CBGB’s 1975 would be - in 11 songs Gallo shares detailed anecdotes and takes on male entitlement, the age of anxiety, apathy vs. action, gentrification, narcissism, retail therapy, xenophobia, the dread of future generations, right wing extremists in giant pickup trucks, capitalism, climate change and the experience\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kill Rock Stars","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448453468491,"sku":"2003686","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448455369035,"sku":"2003687","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/FOREGROUND_MUSIC_b37d1063_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727091970"},{"product_id":"heavy-meta","title":"Heavy Meta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeavy Meta \u003c\/i\u003eis 11 tracks of lyrical confrontation and laughter for cynics\nlaid down roughly on a bed of fuzz, chaotic structures and primal sounds\nevoked from a red Fender jaguar electric guitar - there is bass, there are\ndrums and not much else besides the occasional icing (no artificial\ncolours or dyes).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's not comfortable and easily pinpointed and I'm sure that will create an issue\nfor the desire for neat little boxes we have grown to love. I still don't know what\nI'm doing and I plan on keeping it that way. Besides a couple of years of\nemotional and mental turmoil, loss, confusion, breakdown and internal growth\nwhat did all of that ever get me? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, it gave me this record called \u003ci\u003eHeavy Meta\u003c\/i\u003e and it is the first few findings from my guerilla treasure hunt for bullshit, both\noutside and within. Ethos meets pathos. The only thing I do know is that I want to\nuse music to reflect the times and as a primary outlet for me to become a total\npsychopath on stage, challenge myself and talk about potentially heavy real world\nthings, call you out, then maybe we can even hug after the show. I am forever\ngrateful for this life and anyone that ever comes to a show, buys a record and\nwants to have a real conversation. I have no idea where things are going, but I\nknow it's best to grow with them and be okay with whatever happens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for right\nnow, it seems like a great time to wake up, put all of ourselves into it,\nacknowledge our own personal limitless value and beauty and if I can be any part\nin that, well then, awesome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New West Records","offers":[{"title":"Yellow | LP","offer_id":50530765504843,"sku":"1002911","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Tape","offer_id":50530765078859,"sku":"1002912","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50530765701451,"sku":"1002910","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1fdc76e3-4fd0-4567-96ed-aa4af1e9300b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728084293"},{"product_id":"checkmate-1","title":"Checkmate","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe very last day of recording the album that became \u003cem\u003eCheckmate\u003c\/em\u003e, Ron Gallo wrote and recorded the title track. Which, in his words, half-jokingly, is \"my first true love song that also happens to be the best love song ever written\". It encapsulates the entire purpose of the album which takes his previous motto - \"The world is fucked, but the universe is inside you\" and changes it to \"The world is ending, what can I hold on to?\". After years of navigating artistic reinvention and resisting change, Ron Gallo arrives at his latest album, checkmate, with a newfound clarity and sense of purpose. Stripped down and direct, checkmate marks a reset: a shedding of old selves, old anger, and the need for introspection. Social commentary has always been a driving force behind Gallo’s music, and checkmate finds the bridge between personal inner dialogues and cultural analysis, grasping the vulnerability he once avoided. What remains here is distilled: raw thoughts about love, identity, and survival in a collapsing world. Gallo calls it “a process to kill off my old self,” a release from years of hiding, whether it’s behind a comic veil or a wall of instruments and noise. With checkmate, he finds himself aligned with a new audience who have found his music through social media riffs turned viral smashes, 7am Songs, who come with no preconceived notions—only a desire to connect. The personal vulnerability found in these songs are far more relatable than Gallo could have first imagined. Inner dialogues we all seem to be having, but struggling to find the words for, until now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kill Rock Stars","offers":[{"title":"LP - Bone","offer_id":53297065754955,"sku":"R0334-1357","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53297065787723,"sku":"R0334-8051","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53297065820491,"sku":"R0334-5760","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/201375060884.jpg?v=1756806511"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_73170706_thumbnail_4096_fc9eb864-d4c1-4e9b-8834-48afcd5daad9.jpg?v=1726153666","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/ron-gallo.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}